ٹھنڈا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀣𑀟𑁆𑀠 (thaḍḍha), 𑀣𑀤𑁆𑀥 (thaddha, “fixed, firm”), from Sanskrit स्तब्ध (stabdha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʈʰən.ɖɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: ٹَھنْ‧ڈا

Adjective

ٹَھنْڈا • (ṭhanḍā) (Hindi spelling ठंडा)

1. cold

   Synonyms: سَرْد (sard), خُنْک (xuṅk)

2. (figuratively) apathetic
3. (figuratively) impotent, eunuch

Declension

Declension of ٹھنڈا

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	ٹَھنْڈا (ṭhanḍā)	ٹَھنْڈے (ṭhanḍe)		ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī)	ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī)
indirect	ٹَھنْڈے (ṭhanḍe)	ٹَھنْڈے (ṭhanḍe)		ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī)	ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī)

Noun

ٹَھنْڈا • (ṭhanḍā) m (Hindi spelling ठंडा)

1. a cold, refreshing drink

Declension

Declension of ٹھنڈا

	singular	plural
direct	ٹھنڈا (ṭhaṇḍā)	ٹھنڈے (ṭhaṇḍe)
oblique	ٹھنڈے (ṭhaṇḍe)	ٹھنڈوں (ṭhaṇḍõ)
vocative	ٹھنڈے (ṭhaṇḍe)	ٹھنڈو (ṭhaṇḍo)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “stabdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 788

Further reading

• “ٹھنڈا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ٹھنڈا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ٹهنڈ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 218
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ٿهنڐا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 364
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “تَهندَا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 464
• John Shakespear (1834) “ٹھنڈا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC